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			\| election_name = Elections in India
			\| country = India
			\| previous_election = 1978 elections in India
			\| previous_year = 1978
			\| election_date = 1979
			\| next_election = 1980 elections in India
			\| next_year = 1980
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			'''Elections in the Republic of India''' in ''1979'' included elections to two state legislative assemblies, elections to the Indian [[Rajya Sabha]] and for the post of the vice-president.

	''~~'Elections in the Republic of India''' in ''~~1979~~'' included elections to two state legislative assemblies, elections to the~~ Indian [[~~Rajya Sabha~~]] ~~and for the post of the vice~~-~~president~~.		==Overall result==
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			\|24 and 27 April 1979
			\|[[1979 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election\|Mizoram]]
			\|{{Full party name with color\|Mizoram People's Conference}}
			\|[[T. Sailo]]
			\|{{Full party name with color\|Mizoram People's Conference}}
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			\|[[1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election\|Sikkim]]
			\|{{Full party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}
			\|[[Kazi Lhendup Dorjee]]
			\|{{Full party name with color\|Sikkim Janata Parishad}}
			\|[[Nar Bahadur Bhandari]]
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	==Legislative Assembly elections==		==Legislative Assembly elections==
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	\|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3657-mizoram-1979/ \|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1979 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram \|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] \|access-date= 14 July 2021}}</ref>		\|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3657-mizoram-1979/ \|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1979 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram \|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] \|access-date= 14 July 2021}}</ref>
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	\|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3354-sikkim-1979/ \|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1979 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim \|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] \|access-date= 14 July 2021}}</ref>		\|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3354-sikkim-1979/ \|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1979 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim \|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] \|access-date= 14 July 2021}}</ref>
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	==External ~~Links~~==		==External links==
	* {{cite web \|url=https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ \|title=Election Results - Full Statistical Reports \|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}		* {{cite web \|url=https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ \|title=Election Results - Full Statistical Reports \|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}

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{{Short description|Elections in India in 1979}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Politics of India}}

'''Elections in the Republic of India''' in ''1979'' included elections to two state legislative assemblies, elections to the Indian [[Rajya Sabha]] and for the post of the vice-president.

==Legislative Assembly elections==
===Mizoram===
{{Main|1979 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Mizoram Legislative Assembly 1979.svg]]
|party1=[[Mizoram People's Conference]]|votes1=53515|seats1=18|sc1={{decrease}}4
|party2=[[Indian National Congress (I)]]|votes2=39115|seats2=5|sc2=New
|party3=[[Janata Party]]|votes3=21435|seats3=2|sc3=New
|party4=[[Independent (politics)|Independents]]|votes4=49733|seats4=5|sc4={{decrease}}3
|total_sc=0
|valid=163798
|invalid=1546
|electorate=241944
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3657-mizoram-1979/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1979 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 14 July 2021}}</ref>
}}

===Sikkim===
{{Main|1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|party1=[[Sikkim Janata Parishad]]|votes1=22776|seats1=16
|party2=[[Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary)]]|votes2=14889|seats2=11
|party3=[[Sikkim Prajatantra Congress]]|votes3=11400|seats3=4
|party4=[[Janata Party]]|votes4=9534|seats4=0
|party5=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes5=1476|seats5=0
|party6=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes6=241|seats6=0
|party7=[[Sikkim Scheduled Caste League]]|votes7=85|seats7=0
|party8=Independents|votes8=11938|seats8=1
|invalid=3960
|electorate=117157
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3354-sikkim-1979/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1979 to the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 14 July 2021}}</ref>
}}

==Rajya Sabha elections==
{{Main|1979 Indian Rajya Sabha elections}}
Source:<ref name="alist">{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx |title=Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952 |publisher=Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi |accessdate=13 September 2017 |archive-date=14 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214083532/http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Vice-presidential election==
{{Main|1979 Indian vice presidential election}}
The 1979 Indian vice presidential election was not needed as former [[Chief Justice of India|Chief Justice]] [[Mohammad Hidayatullah]] was elected unopposed for the post.<ref name=eci>{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/President_VP_Elec2012/Vice%20Presidentail%20Election%20Background.pdf |title=BACKGROUND MATERIAL REGARDING FOURTEENTH ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, 2012 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>

==References==
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==External Links==
* {{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ |title=Election Results - Full Statistical Reports |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}

{{Indian elections}}

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